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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
THE DRUMMER,s ADVICE.
Urging the Russian Diplomat to Change
His Business at Once.

Urging the Russian Diplomat to Change
His Business at Once.
A good story is told by NJ de Giers, the
Russian minister of foreign affairs, of an ad-
venture the diplomatlst met with recently
on his way from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
The train was very crowded, So by permits
sion of the Russian chancellor, traveller
was admitted to his own private compart-
ment. The stranger, drummer from
Chicago expressed his thanks, and to
his surprise found that his companion
spoke English fluently. AS NJ. de Giers
lows: D.-What line are you in G.-I am
minister. D.-What church? G.-I am or
thodox. D.-By Jove, so am |. AT least, my
father and mother used to attend the ortho-
dox church. l did when was a young one
G.-I am Greek orthodox. D.-Greek? l
Russian; D:;-That,s beyond me-, What's
your salary? G.-Forty thousand rubes.
D.-And expenses? G-Yes. 1 have an
official residence. D.-That's what we call
a parsonage. G.-No. l am a minister of
foreign affairs, D.-Nice office, / guess?
G.-Yes. d. am in lamps. We make the
cracking business. My salary is $4,000
year and all expenses. We are just about to
buy a controlling interest in the Russian
petroleum wells, and / am looking out for a
good party to represent us. If you'd like a
change, sir, l can promise you a bigger
salary than you get now. All we ask is
some first-class references. G.-Those can
not give. Nobody likes my work except the
Emperor. D.-Sorry to hear it; but let me
give you my card. Any day that you feel
you'd like to improve your condition let's
know. G.-Thanks. Thanks. When the
right time comes you shall hear from me.
D-That ia confidential of course Rut 7
tell you, sir, if you will join us you'll make
money. We've got sure thing. And if l
was in your place I'd quit the ministry and
go into business.-Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

chilled us to the marrow. Our feet
were soaked and our bed was ice
One of the number had dry pair of
socks and took off his boots, which
l secured as pillow. Our best friend
was bottle of brandy. At four o'clock
we started again. The boots had
to be cut to be gotten on. Our thermom-
eter we had broken, but really believe it
was zero. We swallowed lunch, which
our stomachs almost rejected, and tried
to get our blood in circulation. The
sun arose in splendor. The cloud display
was indescribably grand. Never were
we so isolated from all human evidences
The mountain seemed floating In clouds !;
its dome dipped into them out of our
sight. At half-past five we were up
10000 feet. Frequent stops were neces-
sary. Another hour we were 10000 feel
high. The mountain, glistening like
white marble in the sun, dazzled us in
spite of blackened faces and smoked
glasses. At II, 900 feet we felt in our
lungs the rarity of the atmosphere, but
there was no indication of blood rushing
to the head. At each seventy-five feet
of elevation we would drop painting on the
ice for rest. We climbed steadily, at times
straight upward, then passing hori-
zontally along the same plane for
many rods to avoid crevices. We were
enveloped in almost twilight gloom
toward noon, and the sun ceased burning
our faces. Notwithstanding the cold, the
unblackened portions of our faces had
become noticeably Drowned. The wind
increased in velocity, being at times
so strong that we were compelled to
lie prone during its most intense
gusts. Complications thickened. At
$4,000 feet elevation we ran into a
bluff of ice and snow almost perpen
dicular. 1t nearly made our hearts quail.
The timorous wanted to retreat, but the
will of the majority prevailed. We
bound ourselves together in the manner
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
A GREAT WONDER.
The Construction Daddy Placed Upon
Passage in Revelation.

The Construction Daddy Placed Upon a
Passage in Revelation.
There lived near Alexandria, in Virginia,
an old colored man and woman, whom their
acquaintance called Daddy and Nanny
Williams. He had had educational advan-
tages, and could read in fashion peculiarly
his OVID; but his wife, although lacking as
regards erudition, possessed great force of
character which she often displayed in a
manner that was very irritating to her hus-
band. When she became particularly frac-
tious Daddy would take the Bible and open
to that chapter in Revelation beginning,
"And there appeared great wonder in
Heaven, woman clothed with the sun, and
the moon under feet" etc. With impressive
solemnity he would read as follows: "An'
dere 'peared great wonder in Heben a
womanP' Slowly closing the book, he
would gaze sternly at his now subdued wife,
for the passage never failed to produce the
desired effect.-Harper's Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

by night, and sleep in its warm crater.
Descending to 1900 feet we assembled
the White-river glacier for distance.
Coming shortly to divide between this
and third glacier promising better pas
sage, we crossed over, climbing some 300
feet of loose rock which slipped from our
feet at every step and went rafting down
on the ice below us. At $500 feet eleva-
tion we found on a. ridge small beds of
delicate dandelions. buttercups and dali
sies-when all other vegetation had been
left 1000 feet below.
Below us the mouth of our glacier was
hidden in smoke, through which spectral
forms of trees and glimmer of the river
could be seen. The gloom below made
sunshine around all the more brilliant.
At 1900 feet there was another mutiny,
but it was conquered. Southwark over
hard ledge of rocks we saw another
glacier, promising still reader ascent,
and crossed to it. We had scarce
reached it before the clouds lowered
about US, concealing the summit. 1t
seemed but another hours climb, and our
enthusiasm arose. We lunched and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
CAUSED BY THINKING,
He Said What He Thought at the Cost O
Some of His Hair.

He Said What He Thought at the Cost of
Some of His Hair.
your hair is much thinner than it was
when last met you," said man, address
ing an acquaintance.
Eyes, considerable of it came out"
How do you account for it?"
Thought"
what You don't mean to say that
thanking caused it to come out2"
"Yes.''
That goes to prove that badness is often
caused by mental work. have for some
time been thinking of preparing an article
on that subject, and l would like for you to
give me your experience"
''Well, l can do so in few words. Sew
eral weeks ago / was talking to a fellow
named Jackson. We were engaged in dis
pute concerning esettlement Of debt, and
directly after thinking of something my
hair began to fall out"
81 don't understand it."
II do. l said what I thought and he
reached after me.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

sometimes showing us Raniers dome,
and then enveloping our path ahead with
gloom. We proceeded northeast, alter
nately passing grass and snow. At one
place we found grasshoppers as numerous
as in Kansas. Carbon river glacier was
first reached 1t is couple of miles wide
at its base, and our ascent of it was in
zigzag fashion. At times we leaped
assures three or four feet wide and hun
dred deep. We feared slipping back on
the ice at first, but our faith in our alpen-
stocks grew stronger with better &C
quaintance and we soon thought nothing
of the feat. These crevices showed the
glacier hundred feet deep at places, and
yet at other points we could distinctly
hear the water roaring beneath. Fallen
stones from the mountain had, by latent
heat, suppose, eaten holes in the ice,
and in the hollows was sweet drinking
water. Our first days camp was made
along the shore of this glacier, reached
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

struck upward toward
where we had last seen
the peaks. After an hours
climb another rift in the
clouds showed the real
summit in a different
direction. From our
position it was absolutely
unscalable. We sat down
on the ice in consterna-
ton and awe. But for
the rift we would have
been belated and have
persisted in the snow dur
ing the night. Once off
the line of rocks on which
we rested at the moment,
our fatigued, enfeebled
condition would not have
sustained us without
sleep. We could never
have chung to our picks
a whole night, as would
have been necessary to
remain on that incline.
The timber line was
too far below us, and we
cleared up a place
with our hatchets, and
wrapped around us one
blanket each. The wind
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

When an Englishman travels on the con-
tinent he relies entirely on his guide-boo
for information. He regards his Baideker as
Britons were observed to be studying Baide-
ker in land, landscape on the Rhine. One
of them said, reading from the book: "a
tall tower is to be seen on the right of the
ruins of the old CASTLE" but AIRY, me
boy, there's no tower there" "Thats so,
by Jov", the landscape must be wrong"-
Terds SiTttn0s
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
He Took the Hint.

She-I saw funny thing in the paper.
1t says that somewhere out West the weather
is so hot that farmer who went out into
his corn-field found that all the corn had
popped. 1t must be awfully nice to have
such weather.
He-Why, what are you talking about2
Think how you'd suffer.
She-Yes, l might suffer. But then, per-
haps other things besides the corn might
pop.
He popped-BostOn TranSeript
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
The Day of Ones Birth.

How to tell on what day of the week you
were born: Tothe number representing your
age at the next birthday add one-fourth for
leap year; this amount divide by seven, and
the remainder count back from the day of
the week on which your birthday falls. For
instance, on your next birthday you will be
sixteen. Divide this by four and the quo
tent will be four; and this added to sixteen
makes twenty. Divide twenty by seven,
the number of days in the week; then you
have two weeks and six days. Now if this
year your birthday comes on Monday, count
back six days and you will find you were
born on Tuesday if it comes op Wednes-
day, then you were born on Thursday.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

by crawling on hands
and knees. All through
that night, as we lay
wrapped in our blankets
peering out into the
clouds, the grinding of
the glacier against it's
stony encasement was
painful to listen to, and
huge masses of stone and
ice becoming detached
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

Samuel d. Davis, the richest man in St.
Louis, is worth $S,O00,000-all inherited at
the death of his father few years ago. He
is about tisty years old, and works at his dry
goods house from eight to four o'clock daily
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
MOUNT RAINIER.
THE AMERICAN PARALLEL TO THE
FAMOUS SWISS PEAK.
A Crowd of Western Boys Attempt the
Ascent of the Washington Territory
Mountain-Some of the Hardships Which
They Endured During the Climb.
Copyrighted. ISL

Mt. Rainier, few miles southeast OF
Puget sound, in Washington Territory
is our only American parallel to Mt
Blanc, and here are to be found the only
glaciers in the country, save few insig-
nificant exceptions in the Sierra Nevadas
There are but three recorded ascents
of Rainier, or Tacoma, as the Northern
Pacific people have renamed it. One OF
these was made by Stevens in 1870; an.
other in 1884 by Van Trump, and the
third by Bayley the month preceding the
attempt of which l write. The success
of this Bayley ascent melted twelve
Seattle young men, all amateur climbers
to the attempt given below from the
diary and narrative of my friend, w. T.
Sharp, of Seattle.
Twelve of us, said Mr.. Sharp, left
Seattle on the 4th of August equipped
for the ascent with sufficient
determination and proyender.
Three days arduous climb
brought us to $500 feet elevation,
as high as we could possibly
drive on pack-horses. Here we
made our permanent camp and
rested one night. Early next
morning ten of us bound our
packs on our backs and grasped
our alpenstocks for the ascent.
:: :: :" !: !: !: 8:
Our equipment-all to be carried +
upon our own backs, remember 4
was two blankets each, two days /KSs
food supply, coil of rope, an EHN
alcohol lamp, barometer, COM w.
pass and tieldglass. Our boots 1
were creased, our cheek-bones Y !
and eyelids blackened with char Y z
coal, and we wore darkened -
glasses to lessen the suns re-
Election from the snow. The
clouds shifted as we climbed,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
A Hotel Fire.

DETROIT, October 1. - The "Englist
Kitchen" cheap lodging house or
Jefferson Avenue, caught fire early this
morning, and when the fi,emen arrived
the whole interior of the building
seemed in flames. Thejlodgers, in 8
condition of nudity, were leaning from
windows and hanging from stone stills,
screaming for help. The building is a
four story one, and the roomers were
hanging from the upper windows.
There were ten dodgers thus entrapped,
seven of whom were rescued with but
slight injuries. Of the remaining
three. one was burned almost beyond
T cognition. az other died from sufioca-
ton, and the third, although rescued
alive, cannot recover. The dead are
Elisha Stroh of Breckenridge, Missouri,
and an unknown man aged about 25.
The dying man is Charles Peterson of
Detroit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Rusineas Fnilures.

NEW YORK, October Horace Webster
of San Francisco. and Charles w. Lawrence
OF this city, constituting the firm of II. Web
ster & Co., wholesale liquor dealers, 81
the benefit If creditors, to Frederick N
Lawr- nee, of Flushing, l.. 1. There are nc
preferred creditors. Alexander Harris is g
special partner in the firm. The embarrass
ment was caused by the failure of Adams
Smith & Sherwin, of Chicago, who were in
debted to Webster % the extent of $200, 600
and it was impossible to meet these notes
besides meeting their other payments, ow-
log to the tightness of money, and it is ex-
pected hat the creditors of the embarrassed
firm will grant them an extension in which
to meet their notes Charles N Lawrence
said the business of the concern had never
been better, and the assets amounted to
double the liabilities
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Manitoba Crops,

WINNEPEe, October Crops in
Manitoba, this year. according to stats.
teal reports. exceed all estimates. The
Canadian Pacific Railway will be
utterly inadequate to move the crops in
many sections. The yield of wheat has
The average will be about thirty
bushels. This would make 10, 0O0, OO6
available for export, if it could be
moved. One million bushels OF pota-
toes can also be had for export.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
COMMERCIAL.
Bullion
Money Market.
New York aaneral Markets.

NEW YoRE. October O.-Hops-steady,
6 @ Is sugar-Firu; quiet; centrifugal
57-l6 for S6; test ia. refining quoted 1916
"a 47s;refned, quiet; steady; cubes, 661s96A;
Copper-Steady; Lake 1925 Lead-Dull;
steady. 1917; options opened, 10 q 10 points
lower, later adva ced Is @ Is points, closing
firm. sales, $500 bags:Oclober, 7.15 % H.40;
II. G5; Deem er, II SIS q II 20;
January, 1855 @ II. rs; February, l7,so 1765.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Morp1nK Rnilroad stock.
Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, october l.
Wheat Steady; cash, 1875 November 72112
May, 70 8 l6
uCon-About steady; cash, 4255; Novem-
Der, 42112: May, 4513.
May, % 1916.
PoIk-About steady; year, II O5i January,
Il 421a n;
Lard-About steady; cash, 6 ST.; NJ.
Der, 6 3219; May, GO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Sew York Stock E1ehange.

New YORK, October - The stock
market to day was quiet and showed no
change in the general character of the trad
ing, sentiments still remaining favorable to
a higher rage of values. The final prices
show irregular changes generally for small
fractions only. Governments dull, steady.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
The Offering OF Bonds.

WASHINGTON, October 1.-The total offer
ings OF bonds to government, to-day.
amountedt $l65,5O0. of which $3.50, 600 were
4-per-cents ana $S5,2t0 were 412-per- cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Wells Halr Balsam.

If gray, restores to original color. An
elegant dressing, softens and beauties.
No oil nor grease. A Tonic Restorative.
Stops hair coming out; strengthens
cleanses. heals scalp. SOC. l
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Chicago Live sronk
CHICAGO, October /

CHICAGO, October
Cattle-Receipts, 1000; steady; shipping
steers, $50 "a 500; stockers and feeders,
/ % @ 500; Texas cattle, LEO "a Q IS;
Western rangers, . 80 a 10.
Hogs-Keceipts, 10000; slow; to 10 lower;
mixed, 25 "a 4.85; heavy light. 4 40 "a IS
4. Sheep-Receipts 1900; natives, 800 Ia 10;
western, 5. 10 a Is; Texans, 25O9 so.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Mining MArket

NRw YORK, October q - Mining shares
closed. Amador 20; Brunswick IS
Cristo 2.25, Hale andNorcross 200. Iron Silver
2.75; Mexican IS; Ontario "A. 50; Standard
160; Union $40
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02

Rye-Steady, As
Bariey-65.
Whisky-10.
shOu ders.5.25 @5.3O; short clear. $40 q
S Is; short ribs, 7.S5.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Bank Statement.

New YORK, October 1.-The weekly bank
statement shows reserve increase of 81, 2O0,-
S75. The banks now hold $o,0l7,O 600 in excess
of the 25 per cent. rule.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
Petroleum.

NEW YORK October Petroleum, firm TO
strong: opening, 6S1a; highest, SO; lowest,
| 6s34; closed G9. Sales 49S. 0OO barrels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
British Grain Trade.
LIYERpooL. Octoher

LIVERPOOL, october !.
Wheat-Holders offer sparingly new No 2
winter, IS ID. firm; new No. spring, 6s
I'd firm
Flour-Holders offer moderately; 9s. I'd.
dull.
Corn Holders offer sparingly; spot firru.
Is sgd. october, November and December,
Hs SD firm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-07
WHEN INDICATIONS.
FRIDAY-Far weather. followed by light
rains; higher, followed by lower temperature.
THE FINISHING TOUCH.

For his hat, his boots, his coat and even his
shirt, says fashion note, man can depend
upon others. but the success and the selection
of the one great finishing touch-the cravat-
depends solely upon himself.
Possibly SO, for those who live where there
are no WHEN stores. But hereabouts our
taste can be secured in the selection of a era
vat as well as any other article of dress, and
without extra charge. We are not going to
recommend a scarlet scarf for strawberry
blonde any more than we would recommend
light blue for a dark complexion.
You can come TO THE WHEN for your
hat, your coat, your shirt, your cravat or any
article that goes to make up mans dress In
the assurance that you will be recommended
to the thing that suits you best.
Speaking of suits, we mention that we have
the largest line for men and boys of any in
this market. We sell them at wholesale rates,
which is one price lower than you can get the
same thing elsewhere. We guarantee quality
ard fit Our tailor made goods surpass in
finish anything sold here under that name,
except the work of the best merchant tailor
ing establishments. and this it equals in all
but in price. We acknowledge that it is 90
to 30 per cent lower in price.
Test the truth of this.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-07
Cable Notes.

The Independence Beige believes that the
bismarck CrispI interview will modify Itafy's
policy in Africa and induce King Humbert to
abandon the expedition against the King OF Abys
sinia.
Several fresh shocks of earthquake have been
felt along the shores of the Gulf of Corinth, and
the inhabtant of the threatened region are de-
serting their homes and taking refugee in the
interior
Larry Donavan, of New York, who gained the
consent OF the police by assuring them that there
was no danger, jumped from Waterloo bridge,
London, yesterday, in the presence of thousands
of spectators.
The Social conference at st. Gale closed yes
tsrday. The general result of the deliberations
ist rarty throughout Europe. The conference
decided to convoke the international labor con-
gress during 1888, and adopted resolutions pro-
testing against anarchical theories.
The shortly-to be-inaugurated Lord Mayor OF
tive born Belgian, but the First Roman Catholic
to occupy the position. He came to England
after having attained his majority, started
saloon. then opened a little hotel, grew rich,
bloomed out a fnancier, and is now worth
many millions sterling.
Klopp, the German historian, has presented
the Pope with the complete correspondence be-
tween Leopold l and Father Marco Daviano, the
Pope's legate during the Turkish incursion of
1863 To each of the sovereigns who sent jubilee
gifts the Pope will present specially painted
miniature portrait of himself. The Pope is es-
pecially pleased with Queen Victoria's gift aud
his acknowledgment will be exceptionally
cordial
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-07
The New Hampshire Bribery Case.

CONCORD. N H, Oct. 6.-The House judici-
ary committee resumed its hearing this morning
upon the reported alleged attempted bribery of
members in connection with railroad matters
Stillman Merrill. Representative from Dorches-
ter, testified that some three weeks ago Mr..
Calef, Representative from Darlington. asked
him how he felt on railroad questions. and also
asked if he would change his mind for 81, ,000
Caef knew the witness was against the Hszen
BILL the witness mad talked with him. Caef
said IN give you 81, 1,000," or "You can have
81 600 the witness did not remember which.
James w. Caths, Representative from Man
chester. testified that one Alfred Quimby, who
knew he was in favor of the Concord road, said
he did not want to buy any body. but when the
witness made up his mind that the Hazen bill
was ali right and voted for it. he could expect
1000 The witness spoke to Quimby, and said
he hoped he would be the side The
witness understood he would get 81, 600 if he
voted for the bill
Alonzo E. Lang, of Alton, testified that Frank
Jones. who knew the witness. was engineer:
interviewed him about three weeks ago, and
wanted him to work for the Hazen bill saying
the witness could have good job and 5000 in
addition. The witness refused to be bribed, and
Jones disclaimed any such intention.